Sixth Form HE Evening

Higher Education Evening for Parents – Tuesday 28 April 2015

Thank you to all parents who attended this event and we hope you enjoyed the evening and found it informative. Links to the presentations given by John Hill, Rebecca Ruddick and Michelle van Den Berg are available below and in the Sixth Form Section.

Next Step Conference – Students return to school from exam leave (Year 13 begins)

Week Commencing 22 June

Wednesday 24 June and Thursday 25 June Progression Days (and EPQ)

26 June

University Visits (Newcastle and Northumbria) and Fast Track Day

7 July

Fast Track and EPQ day

2 Sept

Year 13 students meet with teachers and predicted grades finalised

14 Sept

UCAS paragraphs completed and applications can be completed

Sept/Oct

Referees support applications

Deadlines

15 Oct: Oxbridge/Medicine/Dentistry/Vet 23 Oct: QEHS Deadline

Exam Results 2017

We are delighted to say that the hard work of our students and staff, and the improvements we have made in teaching and learning over the last four years, has resulted in another set of outstanding GCSE and A Level results. We continue to outperform most state schools in the North East of England and on almost all key measures we have achieved the best results in the school’s history in one of the last two years.

Summary of GCSE, AS Level, A Level and Vocational Subject Grades

The summaries indicate the number of students achieving each grade in each subject. These should be read with caution and not used to make comparisons between subjects because the ability levels of the students starting each course will have been different.

GCSE Results

The key indicators at GCSE level are shown below. The DfE is publishing new measures to judge a school’s performance this year and on three of the four measures, we are the top school in Northumberland once again. We are particularly proud of our progress measures which demonstrate that students perform well whatever their abilities or starting points.

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Attainment

Best entry(unless stated)

First entry(unless stated)

Attainment 8 – Average GCSE Grade across 8 subjects

5.46

5.67

5.56

% of students achieving A*-C in English & Maths

76

75

70

74

81

80*

% of students achieving the English Baccalaureate

29

32

39

42

41

39

% of students achieving A*-C English

81

83

78

76

84

87*

% of students achieving A*-C Maths

82

81

79

85

86

83

Progress

Progress 8 Score

+0.23

+0.41

+0.32

Best 8 Value Added

999.6

1011.1

999.7

1008.8

1021.9

1021.9

% of students making expected progressin English Lang

72

82

78

76

86

86

% of students exceeding expected progressin English Lang

18

49

42

38

35

52

% of students making expected progress in Maths

79

84

82

84

86

84

% of students exceeding expected progress in Maths

42

55

49

42

54

55

Best performance at QEHS

Key indicators published by DfE in January 2017

*

English includes Language and Literature

A Level and Level 3 BTEC/OCR Results

The key indicators at the end of Year 13 are shown below. The Average Grade Per A Level entry of B- was the highest in Northumberland in 2015 (QEHS was the only school to average above a C+ grade) and we expect this to be the case again when the performance tables are published in January 2017.

The DfE is changing the points scale for A Level and Vocational courses. The old scale is used in the table below for comparative purposes. On the new scale (which measures an A* as 60 points, an A at 50, a B at 40 etc), our 2016 APS per entry score was 36 (a B-).

An increasing number of students are taking vocational courses in the sixth form and many study a mixture of A Level and vocational BTEC/OCR courses. Our APS per entry for vocational courses for 2016 using the new points score measure was 43 (still a Dist*-).

2013

2014

2015

2016

A Level – Average Points Score Per Exam Entry

220

222

236

227

A Level – Average Grade Per Exam Entry

C+

C+

B-

B-

A Level – Percentage of all A Level entries graded A*-B

52%

55%

64%

61%

BTEC & OCR Level 3 Courses – Average Points Score Per Exam Entry

235

232

238

249

BTEC & OCR Level 3 Courses – Average Grade Per Exam Entry

Dist+

Dist+

Dist+

Dist*-

AS Levels

At QEHS students only take AS levels at the end of Year 12 in unreformed subjects (AS Levels in reformed subjects don’t count towards the final A Level grade and an increasing number of schools in the independent and state sector are adopting the model we introduced in 2015/16). As there are a decreasing number of unreformed subjects, overall comparisons with previous years are not possible although the results are noted in the summaries below for information.

QEHS Key Events

To see at a glance the key events of the 2017-18 academic year for each Year Group (e.g. Parents' Evenings, dates of Reports, Assessment Weeks, Options Meetings for Year 9 and Year 11) see the Achievement and Progress Calendar.